Unveiling and dedication of monument to Colonel Zackquill Morgan, Prickett Cemetery, Marion County, West Virginia, Sunday, September 11, 1927.
Call Number:
P13484
Date:
1927
Description:
Event program. Includes "an exact copy of the act as passed by the General Assembly of Virginia in October, 1785, granting to Zackquill Morgan the right to lay out and establish a town, by the name of Morgans-town (Henin's Statute at Large, vol. 12, p. 212.). Also includes a drawing of Morgan on the cover, a photograph of the monument, and a photograph of the Zackquill Morgan homestead, built in 1774 and located at 1412 University Avenue (formerly Front Street), Mogantown, W. Va.
Subject Personal:
Morgan, Zackquill, 1735-1795--Monuments., Morgan, Zackquill, 1735-1795--Homes and haunts.
Brochure. Includes information about the history of Morgantown, the creation of the Morgantown Riverfront Development Task Force, and the development of the Riverfront Park.
Subject Geographic:
Morgantown Riverfront Park (Morgantown, W. Va.), Morgantown (W. Va.)--History.
All:
Morgantown Riverfront Park (Morgantown, W. Va.), Morgantown (W. Va.)--History.
West Virginia University--Faculty housing--History., Glass industry--West Virginia--Morgantown--History., West Virginia University--Student housing--History., Cultural landscapes--West Virginia--Morgantown., Neighborhoods--West Virginia--Morgantown--History., Seneca School (Morgantown, W. Va.)--History., Morgantown (W. Va.)--History., Glass factories--West Virginia--Morgantown--History.
Brochure. "Prepared by Molly Schmitt-Keane, Morgantown, WV, Summer 2000". On cover: Monongalia County Millennium Community, White House Millennium Council".
Willey, W. T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900., Willey, William P. (William Patrick), Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925.
Title:
Celebration of the municipal centennial of Morgantown : containing the Address of welcome by W. P. Willey, the Historical oration by Waitman T. Willey, and the Centennial poem by W. T. W. Barbe.
Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce (Morgantown, W. Va.)
Title:
Greetings from Morgantown in West Virginia.
Call Number:
P6255
Date:
1938
Description:
Pamphlet. Includes a timeline of important dates in Morgantown history including the establishment of a first boat yard, grist mill, store, hotel, church, courthouse, pottery, tannery, newspaper service, academy and female seminary, wagon road, wagon factory, newspaper, bank, iron foundry, chair factory, buggy factory, daily mail service, commercial coal mine, railroad service, telephone service, glass factory, shee and tin plate mill, rubber tire factory, knife and fork factory, broom factory, sewer tile factory, silk mill, mirror factory, and shirt and pajama factory. "The Morgantown Chamber of Commerce which presents you with this brochure, first functioned in September, 1784, when its members met with George Washington, at Pierpont's Farm, to discuss with him and plan for the development of Morgantown, the Monongahela Valley and Western Virginia. With those same objectives the organization is still functioning in 1938."
Subject Geographic:
Morgantown (W. Va.)--Description and travel., Morgantown (W. Va.)--History.
All:
Morgantown (W. Va.)--Description and travel., Morgantown (W. Va.)--History.